Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The highest peak in Northern Ireland is topped with a stone tower and haunting burial mounds.

The lake that fills and empties itself at random.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.